| If I have to choose between buying an acoustic piano | | | | 2. You can practice silently. A digital piano usually has a |
| or a digital piano what is the best choice? let's take a | | | | headphone jack so by using headphones you can |
| look at the different choices if you want to learn to | | | | practise as much as you want without disturbing |
| play piano. | | | | neighbours or family members. |
| Personally I haven't been forced to make the decision | | | | 3. Midi interface. A digital piano usually has a midi |
| between buying a normal upright piano and a digital | | | | interface which makes it possible to connect your |
| piano as I have both in my home. I can see | | | | piano to a computer and use music software like |
| advantages in both types of pianos when practicing | | | | notation programs or a sequenser program or a |
| the art of learning to play piano. | | | | software synthesizer. |
| A normal upright piano produces sounds with | | | | What then are the disadvantages of having a digital |
| hammers that strikes the strings. A digital piano on the | | | | piano? |
| other hand tries to duplicate the feeling of playing an | | | | 1. The sounds in an acoustic piano are produced by |
| acoustic piano. | | | | strings vibrating and the different pitches interact in |
| Most people are familiar with the normal upright piano | | | | ways that you cannot copy on a digital piano. The |
| but what advantages has a digital piano? | | | | sound quality of the sounds produced by digital pianos |
| First let us describe a digital piano. | | | | are becoming better and better but it is still a |
| A digital piano consists of a keyboard with weighted | | | | completely different way of producing sounds. |
| key action, sensors that detect the velocity when you | | | | 2. A digital piano is limited when it comes to producing |
| play the keys and a set of sounds you can choose | | | | different tone colors by different ways of playing. An |
| from. To make it possible to listen to the piano when | | | | accomplished pianist might feel limited by the sampled |
| you play you have an amplifier and loudspeakers and | | | | sounds. |
| headphone jacks. | | | | There are many more things to say about choosing a |
| Here are some advantages with a digital piano: | | | | piano but this is a beginning. |
| 1. A digital piano doesn't need to be tuned. A normal | | | | As you can see it is not so easy to decide what's |
| acoustic piano you should tune once or twice a year. If | | | | best for you. If you can't decide what type of piano to |
| you can't tune a piano yourself you have to turn to a | | | | buy you can do as I have done. Have both types of |
| piano tuner. It can be quite expensive of course. Even | | | | pianos and keep smiling. |
| a piano tuner has to pay his bills. | | | | |